Russell Sykes

• Set up and operated various machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments.
• Maintained quality and safety standards; kept records of maintenance and repair work.
• Performed routine maintenance on machinery, including lubrication, cleaning.

CNC machines

• Trained new employees in the use of machinery used in the manufacturing process.
• Kept accurate records regarding production numbers and any repairs performed on machinery.
• Trained, directed and instructed apprentices and helpers to increase production levels and meet established goals.
• Maintained logs, lists and files and promptly completed necessary paperwork.
• Constructed appropriate offset corrections for tool wear, broken tools, and casting variations.
• Troubleshot and repaired machines to increase productivity and decrease spending.
• Sustained lockout and tag-out safety protocols by properly using equipment and materials.
• Sharpened, replaced and tracked cutting tools to adhere to strict quality control and usage schedules.
• Incorporated new preventive and corrective maintenance processes to increase equipment lifespan.
• Observed operating machines or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions and determine need for adjustments or repairs.
• Aligned and secured holding fixtures, cutting tools and attachments onto machines.
• Separated scrap waste and related materials for reuse or recycling.
• Measured, laid out and marked metal stock to display placement of cuts.
• Designed detailed preventive maintenance schedules to enhance tool performance.
• Designed fixtures, tooling or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
• Enforced safe and timely wireless telecommunication system installations for high-profile clients.
• Streamlined operational efficiencies by maintaining injection molding machines, dies, robotic bottle packing machines and vacuum and casting furnaces.
• Supervised other workers engaged in operating machines and making repairs on machinery.